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Gardening

dutch777

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1. We compost all our veggie and most fruit scraps. End of season we bury compost in trenches in beds and cover

Reply to Baltimike (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2024, 07:20 PM

Apr 2024

with soil. Add the eggs shells too. Coffee we use on our rhodies. Last year was first year we had a serious amount collected of compost and was gratified this spring when turning the beds and the composted areas were rich with earthworms.

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So...banana peels, coffee grinds and egg shells...what other scraps do you all use in your garden? [View all] Baltimike Apr 2024 OP

We compost all our veggie and most fruit scraps. End of season we bury compost in trenches in beds and cover dutch777 Apr 2024 #1

I got the coolest toy. piddyprints Apr 2024 #2

outer leaves of lettuce & cabbage heads, carrot peelings, onion skins are just a few NJCher Apr 2024 #3

All that and more goes into compost pile... MiHale Apr 2024 #4